[PHOTOS] How it went down during NPS fallen heroes service

With only a few days left before the year ends, the government on Thursday held a ceremony to honour fallen heroes and heroines from the National Police and Kenya Prisons Services.

It was revealed that 37 police officers had died in the line of duty within a year.

The Ministry of Interior in a report said the officers were killed between November 22, 2022, and November 23, 2023.

Of the 37 officers, 24 were from the Kenya Police Service, 10 from the Administration Police Service, two from the Kenya Prisons Service and one from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

Between November 2021 and December last year, 54 police officers and four Prison officers were also killed in the line of duty.

This brings to 95, the total number of officers who have been killed in the last two years.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki presided over the event which celebrates police and prison officers who lost their lives while executing their mandate at the National Police Training College, Embakasi.

He led officers from the NPS and Prisons in the annual Joint Commemorative Service honouring Officers killed in the Brave Execution of Duty.

They paid tribute to the fallen soldiers and were joined by family members of the late officers.

In attendance were Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, DCI boss Amin Mohamed, Correctional Services Principal Secretary Salome Muhia-Beacco, Principal Administrative Secretary, National Police Service Bernadette Lemedeket and Kenya Prisons Service Commissioner General John Warioba.

Also in attendance was Chairperson of, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Ann Makori, Vice Chairperson, of National Police Service Commission Alice Otwalla and Deputy Inspector General of Police, in charge of Kenya Police Douglas Kanja